Pyelonephritis is an inflammation of the kidney that is almost always caused by urinary tract infection ascending from the bladder. As with uncomplicated cystitis, pyelonephritis can be classified as uncomplicated if it occurs in a young, healthy non-pregnant woman. Most cases of pyelonephritis occur in women with normal urinary tracts. The causative organisms in pyelonephritis [...]

Of the elderly, only 5% are institutionalized in nursing homes, convalescent centers, or similar facilities. However, 45% of the elderly have some serious physical disability, such as heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, or arthritis. About 25% also have a significant functional psychological problem, with depression the most prevalent. Understandably, as life expectancy increases and we [...]

The results vary from very good in a large percentage of hyposensitized children, to not so beneficial results in others. The efficacy of such therapy is difficult to evaluate because of a number of variables involved, such as the lack of uniformity in the preparation of pollen extracts, variation in dosage schedules, and the lack [...]

DIET THERAPY AND BURNS Fluid, electrolyte, and protein losses are tremendous from the burned surfaces. Edema at the burn site, failure to obtain satisfactory skin growth, atony of the gastrointestinal tract, vomiting, and diarrhea are frequently encountered. The excretion of large amounts of nitrogen, potassium, and other wastes places a tremendous load upon the kidneys. [...]

NUTRITION IN SURGICAL CONDITIONS: TUBE FEEDINGS A tube feeding is a nutritionally adequate allowance of liquefied foods that can be administered through a tube in the stomach or duodenum. A tube feeding is used in paralysis or obstruction of the esophagus, in anorexia nervosa, following mouth or gastric surgery, in severe burns, for unconscious patients, [...]